A Mesozoic Pompeii: History of the Jehol Biota's Rise and Fall  

作　　者：SHAO Tiequan ZHANG Hu WANG Qi LIU Yunhuan ZHANG Yanan 

机构地区：[1]College of Earth Science and Resources, Chang'an University [2]State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

出　　处：《Acta Geologica Sinica(English Edition)》2017年第5期1893-1903,共11页地质学报（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41572009);the State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy,Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology,CAS(No.173121)

摘　　要：The Jehol fauna was initially represented by a bony fish, concostracan and an insect, as a Lycoptera davidi-Eosestheria-Ephemeropsis trisetalis association,but since the researches of recent decades, the Jehol Biota is now completely different from the past low-diversity, and encompasses a native terrestrial biota that includes many well-preserved vertebrates, invertebrates and plants. There are more than 20 important biological categories, thousands of taphonomically unusual fossils, especially noted for the wide variety of biological tissues. The Jehol Biota has caused a sensation in the world with its wide distribution, large quantity, great variety, fine preservation and detailed information, which records the rise and fall of the numerous taxa, and provides significant evidence for three origins： of birds, eutherian mammals, and angiosperms. The Jehol Biota is a highlight of basic scientific research in China, and we honor it as a world-class fossil treasury and ＂a Mesozoic Pompeii＂.The Jehol fauna was initially represented by a bony fish, concostracan and an insect, as a Lycoptera davidi-Eosestheria-Ephemeropsis trisetalis association,but since the researches of recent decades, the Jehol Biota is now completely different from the past low-diversity, and encompasses a native terrestrial biota that includes many well-preserved vertebrates, invertebrates and plants. There are more than 20 important biological categories, thousands of taphonomically unusual fossils, especially noted for the wide variety of biological tissues. The Jehol Biota has caused a sensation in the world with its wide distribution, large quantity, great variety, fine preservation and detailed information, which records the rise and fall of the numerous taxa, and provides significant evidence for three origins： of birds, eutherian mammals, and angiosperms. The Jehol Biota is a highlight of basic scientific research in China, and we honor it as a world-class fossil treasury and ＂a Mesozoic Pompeii＂.

关 键 词：GEOHERITAGE PALEONTOLOGY Jehol Biota evolutionary origins JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS NortheastAsian region Liaoning province 

分 类 号：P534.5[天文地球—古生物学与地层学] Q91[天文地球—地质学]